did Albert bierstadt use varnish on some of his paintings?

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did Albert bierstadt use varnish on some of his paintings?

2007-02-14 18:18:23 · 2 answers · asked by tina r 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Painting

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It's highly unlikely. Most of his paintings, and all of the ones he became famous for, were painted on location in the rugged and sparsely populated old west. Even if varnish was available to him at the time it's hard to imagine that he carried it around with him on his horse as he traveled about the west.

2007-02-14 18:55:14 · answer #1 · answered by Doc Watson 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋

NO.

2007-02-15 02:25:28 · answer #2 · answered by KEIFER l 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋